Intel Core i7-12700F vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Core i7-12700F vs Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX beats the Core i7-12700F in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-12700F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more cores with 32 cores whereas the Core i7-12700F has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700F. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. Also, the Core i7-12700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12700F CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-12700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.